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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox?
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:40:55
Message-Id: 20090929234052.GB5207@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? by Walter Dnes
1 OK, I got the VirtualBox software going, but I really wanted to get
2 OS/2 going. When I launched the VM, I got the warning...
3
4 > VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not
5 > operational. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature.
6 > Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS
7 > of your host computer.
8
9 I ignored it and went into the OS/2 install. You will be glad to know
10 that Reiserfs managed to recover nicely, without any data loss, after I
11 totally locked up my machine <G>. When I say totally locked up, not
12 even the Magic SysReq Key got any response.
13
14 There doesn't seem to be anything in my Dell's BIOS setup about VT-x.
15 Is there any software that can probe the BIOS and enable VT-x, assuming
16 it exists? If not, I'm out of luck for OS/2 on this machine.
17
18 --
19 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>